Sebastian 'lunar' Wiesner wrote: >>>>>> no, I'm showing that a local file marked as executable overrides a >>>>>> shared one, even if the local file isn't actually an executable. >>>>> >>>>> Only if you have your system set up badly. The current directory >>>>> should not be in the search path, and it especially shouldn't have >>>>> higher priority than the regular bin locations. >>>> >>>> and the award for completely missing the context of this subthread >>>> goes to... >>>> >>> Nevertheless his comment was absolutely correct... >> >> nope. a Unix system uses the same flag to determine if a file is >> executable no matter how I've set up my path. > > Paul didn't even mention the word "executable". He was referring to > completely different thing: The fact, that whether a local executable > overrides a shared on, is matter of how you set your PATH. The local > file would be executable, whether it is in the PATH or not...
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